Section 39834 Of Article 3. Schoolbuses From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 23.5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any officer,
agent, or employee of a school district, office of the county
superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency, or any other
person, knowingly operating, or permitting or directing the operation
of a schoolbus, when it is loaded with schoolchildren in excess of
the limits of its seating capacity, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) The governing board of any school district, office of the
county superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency may adopt a
district policy establishing plans for the evacuation of pupils in
case of any emergency that may provide, where necessary, for the
loading of schoolchildren on a schoolbus in excess of the limits of
its seating capacity.
(c) As used in this section, "emergency" means a natural disaster
or hazard that requires pupils to be moved immediately in order to
ensure their safety.